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Out of the 2000 students at Smith Middle School, 250 have green eyes, which is 12.5%. Mrs. Craig surveys her math class and 8 out of 24 of them, or 33%, have green eyes. What is a good explanation for this? '

A)
Mrs. Craig miscounted.
Eliminate

B)
The sample that Mrs. Craig took was too small.


C)
33% is close to 12.5%, so the outcome was expected.


D)
Students with green eyes are more likely to take math.

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Answer:

the answer is b

Explanation:

i took it on usa test prep

User Morteza Ziyaeimehr
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B)
The sample that Mrs. Craig took was too small.

I'm assuming the question is asking why they were not the same percentage?
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